Death Czar
The wheels are falling off Leadbeater’s Bill
It’s hard to see why any MP who was previously opposed would now change their mind
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses